Public school · South San Francisco Unified · South San Francisco, California

El Camino High — Rating & test scores

South San Francisco · 9–12 · 1,053 students (2024–25)

1320 Mission Road, 94080elcamino.ssfusd.org ↗(650) 877-8806

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The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

El Caminohigher than 79 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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El Caminohigher than 79 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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El Caminohigher than 79 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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In 2024–25, 97% of the class graduated in four years (264 of 271); across California, 89%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 271
Comparison: California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

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In grade 11, spring 2026, 70% scored Proficient or Advanced in English (reading and writing), against 57% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources

The sentence above: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask South San Francisco Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is El Camino a good high school?

El Camino High scores higher than 79 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 79th percentile, Strong, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 15 in 100 at the average South San Francisco Unified high school. 4.0% of students (43 of 1,085) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 33 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 58% of low-income students in grade 11 at El Camino High in South San Francisco scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 17 AP courses in 5 subjects for 2025–26.

19 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

83% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Well above California in English; above it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 70% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 37% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grade 11: 209 in English, 210 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 209 tested

Advanced: 33%
Proficient: 37%
Below the standard: 30%

This school70%

California57%

South San Francisco Unified61%

70% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 210 tested

Advanced: 18%
Proficient: 19%
Below the standard: 63%

This school37%

California32%

South San Francisco Unified26%

37% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 33 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 74% to 70% and math from 40% to 37%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202574%265 tested

→

202670%209 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202540%265 tested

→

202637%210 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	33%	37%	16%	14%	209
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	21%	22%	414,559
English, grade 11 · South San Francisco Unified	25%	36%	19%	20%	493
Math, grade 11 · This school	18%	19%	23%	40%	210
Math, grade 11 · California	16%	16%	20%	48%	413,523
Math, grade 11 · South San Francisco Unified	12%	14%	23%	51%	498

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202670%57%

Math top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202637%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 59% in 2017 to 70% in 2026. In math, it went from 31% in 2017 to 37% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	59% 307 tested	60% 444,040 tested
2018	60% 319 tested	56% 439,134 tested
2019	68% 280 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	60% 284 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	78% 287 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	73% 262 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	74% 265 tested	57% 432,651 tested
2026	70% 209 tested	57% 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	31% 306 tested	32% 442,457 tested
2018	38% 319 tested	31% 437,883 tested
2019	42% 281 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	30% 282 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	38% 287 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	38% 265 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	40% 265 tested	30% 431,903 tested
2026	37% 210 tested	32% 413,523 tested

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

97% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 69% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 83% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

97%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 264 of 271 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

69%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 187 of 272 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

68%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 179 of 264 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

83% enrolled in college within 12 months · 287 students who finished high school

University of California UC detail ↓31 · 11%
California State University CSU detail ↓53 · 19%
California community college134 · 47%
In-state private11 · 4%
Out-of-state, 4-year7 · 2%
Out-of-state, 2-year1 · <1%
Not enrolled50 · 17%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 17 AP courses in 5 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

Math & Computer Science2
Sciences5
English2
History & Social Science6
World Languages & Cultures2

Every approved AP course17 courses in 5 subjects

Math & Computer Science 2

Calculus AB
Statistics

Sciences 5

Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science
Physics 1
Physics C: Mechanics

English 2

English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition

History & Social Science 6

Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Psychology
U.S. Government and Politics
United States History
World History: Modern

World Languages & Cultures 2

French Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

19 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition

Graduated in four years: 2024–25 · 264 of 271 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure): 2024–25 · 187 of 272 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list: 2024–25 · 179 of 264 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 86
Admitted: 57
Enrolled: 29

By campus · fall 2025

UC DavisApplied 64 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled 6
UC BerkeleyApplied 61 · Admitted 5 · Enrolled 4
UC IrvineApplied 61 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled 5
UC San DiegoApplied 60 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled under 3
UCLAApplied 56 · Admitted 4 · Enrolled 3
UC Santa BarbaraApplied 40 · Admitted 11 · Enrolled under 3
UC RiversideApplied 33 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 5
UC MercedApplied 26 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled under 3
UC Santa CruzApplied 26 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 4

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

Fall 2025Applied 86 · Admitted 57 · Enrolled 29
Fall 2024Applied 109 · Admitted 73 · Enrolled 42
Fall 2023Applied 82 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled 32
Fall 2022Applied 99 · Admitted 49 · Enrolled 22
Fall 2021Applied 96 · Admitted 55 · Enrolled 30
Fall 2020Applied 55 · Admitted 36 · Enrolled 20
Fall 2019Applied 89 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled 26
Fall 2018Applied 72 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 20
Fall 2017Applied 89 · Admitted 46 · Enrolled 29
Fall 2016Applied 58 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 23

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 111
Admitted: 109
Enrolled: 39

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

San Francisco StateApplied 403 · Admitted 386 · Enrolled 117
San José StateApplied 341 · Admitted 291 · Enrolled 54
San Diego StateApplied 260 · Admitted 88 · Enrolled 18
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 186 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled 6
Cal State Long BeachApplied 181 · Admitted 102 · Enrolled 8
Cal State FullertonApplied 119 · Admitted 98 · Enrolled 13
Sacramento StateApplied 105 · Admitted 100 · Enrolled 14
Cal Poly PomonaApplied 101 · Admitted 81 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State East BayApplied 74 · Admitted 63 · Enrolled under 6
Sonoma StateApplied 56 · Admitted 50 · Enrolled under 6
Chico StateApplied 50 · Admitted 47 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State LAApplied 42 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State NorthridgeApplied 32 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled —
Fresno StateApplied 23 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Monterey BayApplied 23 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled under 6
CSU BakersfieldApplied 18 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled —
Cal State San MarcosApplied 14 · Admitted 13 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 13 · Admitted 12 · Enrolled under 6
CSU Channel IslandsApplied 11 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled —
Stanislaus StateApplied 9 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled —
Cal State San BernardinoApplied 8 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled —
Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 7 · Admitted 6 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

Fall 2025Applied 111 · Admitted 109 · Enrolled 39
Fall 2024Applied 148 · Admitted 145 · Enrolled 46
Fall 2023Applied 123 · Admitted 117 · Enrolled 53
Fall 2022Applied 120 · Admitted 115 · Enrolled 54
Fall 2021Applied 124 · Admitted 120 · Enrolled 54

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

8 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average South San Francisco Unified high school, 15 in 100 were. 4.0% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 91 of 1,068 students counted for it; suspension: 43 of 1,085 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average South San Francisco Unified high school 4.5%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school

15 in 100At the average South San Francisco Unified high school

22 in 100At the average California high school

91 of 1,068 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

4.0%

of students were suspended at least once (43 of 1,085). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at El Camino

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Teach here? Tell us South San Francisco Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

El CaminoSame group, California

Asian37 tested70%Same group, California 67%
Filipino65 tested40%Same group, California 49%
Low-income62 tested27%Same group, California 23%
Hispanic or Latino75 tested19%Same group, California 21%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 58% to 86%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino37%
Filipino33%
Asian16%
Two or more races7%
White6%
Pacific Islander1%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—
Unallocated share<1%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

53% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 30 of 57 English learners53%

South San Francisco Unified · 703 of 1,31454%

California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

25%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 264 of 1,053. California: 63%.

60teachers, 2024–25

12 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

2%in their first year, 2024–25

80%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs South San Francisco Unified	vs California
Low-income · 60 tested in English, 62 in math
English	58%	+850%	+949%
Math	27%	+1314%	+423%
Hispanic or Latino · 75 tested
English	60%	+951%	+1149%
Math	19%	+811%	−221%
Filipino · 64 tested in English, 65 in math
English	67%	−471%	−1077%
Math	40%	+139%	−949%
Asian · 37 tested
English	86%	+482%	+779%
Math	70%	+763%	+367%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in South San Francisco Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Students of two or more races and students with disabilities: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	37%
Filipino	33%
Asian	16%
Two or more races	7%
White	6%
Pacific Islander	1%
Black or African American	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 80% of teaching positions, 51.3 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 63.9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into El Camino, and how do I get in?

Elementary
Ponderosa Elementary
63rd · Solid · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
Middle
Alta Loma Middle
69th · Solid · 2026Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
High · this school
El Camino High
Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Ponderosa Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
63rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Monte Verde Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
94th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Skyline Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
73rd percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Junipero Serra Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
78th percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
98% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Buri Buri Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
83rd percentile · Strong · elementary · 2026
96% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Sunshine Gardens Elementary
Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder
49th percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

Alta Loma Middle
Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
69th percentile · Solid · middle · 2026
56% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Westborough Middle
Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
68th percentile · Solid · middle · 2026
23% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

How do I get in?

Ask South San Francisco Unified which school serves your address.

School website: elcamino.ssfusd.org ↗Office: (650) 877-8806Administrator: Daniel Lunt

Location and visiting

Get directions

1320 Mission Road, South San Francisco 94080

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with South San Francisco Unified.

Questions for your visit

What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 63% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (210 students tested); California: 68%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (650) 877-88061320 Mission Road, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

South San Francisco High1.4 mi
52ndSolidScope Score 56
Summit Public School: ShastaJefferson Union High · 1.8 mi · Charter school. Check how it admits students.
91stStrongScope Score 77
Jefferson HighJefferson Union High · 2.4 mi
35thDevelopingScope Score 51

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #304 of 1,498 California high schools we score

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Graduation rate	97%	62	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	30%	66	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	69%	65	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	57%	66	18%
Chronically absent	8 in 100	67	5%
Suspension rate	4.4% (48 of 1,092)	47	5%
English learners: top level	23%	62	5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	68	79	#304	California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	12 in 100	5.8% (76 of 1,320)
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	11 in 100	4.6% (52 of 1,120)
2024–25	8 in 100	4.4% (48 of 1,092)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
English	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	209	33%	37%	16%	14%	70%	57%	+13

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	210	18%	19%	23%	40%	37%	32%	+5

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	209	33%	70%
2026 · Math	210	18%	37%
2025 · English	265	42%	74%
2025 · Math	265	18%	40%
2024 · English	262	39%	73%
2024 · Math	265	21%	38%
2023 · English	287	38%	78%
2023 · Math	287	15%	38%
2022 · English	284	30%	60%
2022 · Math	282	15%	30%
2019 · English	280	33%	68%
2019 · Math	281	16%	42%
2018 · English	319	25%	60%
2018 · Math	319	11%	38%
2017 · English	307	20%	59%
2017 · Math	306	9%	31%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English	265	74%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	265	40%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	262	73%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	265	38%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	287	78%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	287	38%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	284	60%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	282	30%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	280	68%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	281	42%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	319	60%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	319	38%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	307	59%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	306	31%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	256	12%	35%	49%	4%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California

Group · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	60	58%	+8	+9
Hispanic or Latino	75	60%	+9	+11
Filipino	64	67%	−4	−10

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 8 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · 0 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 4.4% (48 of 1,092) → 2025–26 · 4.0% (43 of 1,085) · −0.4 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	13 in 100	10 in 100	−3 in 100
Male	12 in 100	7 in 100	−5 in 100
Asian	3 in 100	4 in 100	+1 in 100
Black or African American	29 in 100	—	—
Filipino	7 in 100	6 in 100	−1 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	18 in 100	10 in 100	−8 in 100
Pacific Islander	47 in 100	7 in 100	−40 in 100
Two or more races	14 in 100	15 in 100	+1 in 100
White	15 in 100	13 in 100	−2 in 100
Students with disabilities	18 in 100	14 in 100	−4 in 100
English learners	21 in 100	10 in 100	−11 in 100
Low-income	20 in 100	13 in 100	−7 in 100
All students	12 in 100	8 in 100	−4 in 100
Homeless	—	9 in 100	—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 69% · numerator 187 students classified Prepared · denominator 272 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.

AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 39% · AP-pathway numerator 73 · denominator 187 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 187 of 272 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate

97%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

39%

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings

Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)

68%

A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-going rate

83%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	86	57	29	3.88	4.00	4.13
2024	109	73	42	3.91	4.04	4.12
2023	82	51	32	3.96	4.06	4.11
2022	99	49	22	3.92	4.10	4.16
2021	96	55	30	3.70	3.91	4.03
2020	55	36	20	3.87	4.04	4.11
2019	89	51	26	3.89	4.01	4.09
2018	72	40	20	3.76	3.97	4.01
2017	89	46	29	3.76	4.01	4.09
2016	58	40	23	3.85	4.00	4.10

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	61	5	4
Berkeley	2024	72	8	5
Berkeley	2023	61	5	5
Berkeley	2022	71	12	7
Berkeley	2021	57	6	5
Davis	2025	64	23	6
Davis	2024	76	41	12
Davis	2023	60	24	9
Davis	2022	67	16	3
Davis	2021	73	20	8
Irvine	2025	61	9	5
Irvine	2024	71	14	under 3
Irvine	2023	54	9	3
Irvine	2022	65	under 3	under 3
Irvine	2021	49	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2025	56	4	3
Los Angeles	2024	68	6	5
Los Angeles	2023	52	under 3	under 3
Los Angeles	2022	54	6	3
Los Angeles	2021	56	under 3	under 3
Merced	2025	26	25	under 3
Merced	2024	15	14	under 3
Merced	2023	15	15	under 3
Merced	2022	17	12	under 3
Merced	2021	18	16	3
Riverside	2025	33	33	5
Riverside	2024	27	21	3
Riverside	2023	14	10	under 3
Riverside	2022	27	21	3
Riverside	2021	22	11	under 3
San Diego	2025	60	9	under 3
San Diego	2024	68	20	8
San Diego	2023	43	9	6
San Diego	2022	58	11	under 3
San Diego	2021	42	5	3
Santa Barbara	2025	40	11	under 3
Santa Barbara	2024	52	20	under 3
Santa Barbara	2023	31	11	3
Santa Barbara	2022	35	8	under 3
Santa Barbara	2021	41	9	under 3
Santa Cruz	2025	26	21	4
Santa Cruz	2024	53	33	5
Santa Cruz	2023	34	18	under 3
Santa Cruz	2022	33	8	under 3
Santa Cruz	2021	48	23	6
Universitywide	2025	86	57	29
Universitywide	2024	109	73	42
Universitywide	2023	82	51	32
Universitywide	2022	99	49	22
Universitywide	2021	96	55	30

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations

Subject	Authorization recorded for
Biology	this school
Calculus AB	this school
Chemistry	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Environmental Science	this school
French Language and Culture	this school
Macroeconomics	this school
Microeconomics	this school
Physics 1	this school
Physics C: Mechanics	this school
Psychology	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Statistics	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school
World History: Modern	this school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	12
AP enrollment (male/female)	342
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 19 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	1
Physics sections	1
Chemistry sections	8
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	1,088

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	31	11%
California State University	53	19%
California community college	134	47%
In-state private	11	4%
Out-of-state, 4-year	7	2%
Out-of-state, 2-year	1	0%
Not enrolled	50	17%

287 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 83% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$14,807 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 8,182 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$380 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,053

Central federal expenditures attributed here$1,158 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 1,053

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,037 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 58%Instruction support 11%Student services 13%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 12%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$98,074,843	58.32%	58%
Instruction support	$19,228,744	11.43%	11%
Student services	$21,734,038	12.92%	13%
Administration	$9,376,473	5.58%	6%
Buildings & maintenance	$19,763,783	11.75%	12%
Total	$168,177,881	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $168,177,881 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$14,807 per pupil

2020$13,331 per pupil

2019$13,184 per pupil

2018$12,036 per pupil

2017$11,397 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.6%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 94080 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 94080 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$136,733
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	41%
ZIP-area population	64,761
Median age	43.1 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 94080 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2024–25 results, compared across 1,498 high schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · UC fall first-year source records — UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; the all-campus total is reported separately · AP courses the College Board approved, 2025–26 (approved to teach, not enrollment) · federal civil rights data (CRDC) 2023–24, a past snapshot · state college-going records, class of 2023, matched to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment · Data updated October 15, 2026

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